His frustration also spilled out in the open with a gaggle of reporters as he was heading to a Nato summit in The Hague. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing,” he told them.
Those comments, and posts on Truth Social, highlighted the fragility of the truce between the two countries, arch-enemies for decades and which have been at war since Israel began striking Iran on June 13.
Israel and Iran continued attacking each other on Tuesday morning, with four people being killed by missiles launched at the Jewish state and Tehran saying at least nine of its people had died.
Shortly after Trump said the ceasefire had started, Israel accused Iran of firing more missiles. Iran denied it had, but Israel said it would respond forcefully.
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When Trump weighed in on social media, it was unclear if Israeli planes were on their way to Iran and the Israel Defense Forces didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israel’s Channel 12 said the country’s military had hit one target in Iran, a radar installation.
Trump told reporters he believed the truce would hold, even if it was being tested.
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“I think they both violated it,” Trump said. But when asked if the ceasefire was breaking, Trump responded “I don’t think so.”
Trump first announced the truce overnight, casting it as an end to the 12-day war that saw both Israel and the US launch attacks on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and draw retaliatory strikes from Tehran.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which answers to Iran’s supreme leader, said it fired 14 missiles at Israel in the “last minutes before the ceasefire came into effect.” The IRGC said it was a response to an Israeli strike that killed a number of military personnel.
The president appeared to express more frustration with Israel, suggesting its response to the Iranian missile launched after the truce was meant to start was disproportionate.
“I’m not happy with Israel for going out there. It was one rocket,” the president said. “These guys got to calm down. I’m not happy with Iran either.”
The ceasefire announcement followed an extraordinary night in which Tehran retaliated against a US attack over the weekend by launching missiles at an American air base in Qatar. The Islamic Republic’s move was telegraphed — with Qatar and the US being forewarned — and there were no casualties.
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Since the war started on June 13, 606 people have been killed in Iran, according to the government. In Israel, emergency services have said 28 people have been killed by Iranian missile strikes, including the four on Tuesday morning.
“THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT,” Trump said at around 9.10am Dubai time on social media. “PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!”
Oil prices plunged late on Monday when it became clear Iran’s strikes on Qatar caused no fatalities or major damage. Traders took it as a sign that Iran had no intention of escalating tensions with Washington, let alone drag other countries in the petroleum-rich region into a wider war.
Brent fell 3.9% to US$68.75 a barrel as of 12.55pm on Tuesday, following a drop of more than 7% a day earlier. It has returned to almost the same level from before Israel started attacks on Iran on June 13.
A senior White House official said Trump brokered the ceasefire in a conversation with Netanyahu on Monday. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff held direct and indirect talks with the Iranians about the proposal, the official said.
Israel agreed to the truce as long as Iran did not launch further attacks, and the Iranian government signaled it would abide by those terms, according to the official.
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